Hello all, I am new to this site and was wondering if anyone is modeling the Cotton Belt/St. Louis-Southwestern RR. happy rr jaijef
Hi and welcome to Trainboard, Jaijef. I mainly model 80-90's SP/SSW/DRGW. Most of my stuff is lettered for SP, but I do have an SSW SD45T-2 in my fleet....I really need to build a few more, since you can never have too many tunnelmotors! ------------------ Have A Nice Day!
jaijef welcome aboard! Love Cotton Belt and see so little of it visiting Kentucky. As for modeling purposes there is enough SP stuff out there to fill many voids in the SSW roster, just strip off the lettering and apply COTTON BELT on the side. If you are doing a modern layout you can run quite a bit of foreign power in pool service as well. Joe Strapac's Cotton Belt Locomotives has been reissued, Goen's Cotton Belt color picture book is out there and Fred Frailey's Blue Streak Merchandise may still be around. ------------------ Cotton Belt: Runs like a Blue Streak
<font color="336633">Welcome to Trainboard jaijef although i model the BN (now BNSF) and my freelance Montana Central, i have got a SSW SD40T-2, im thinking of converting it into a SD45T-2 like the one i spotted from the Motel in Mojave, i would put a pic of it up but Homestead server is down at the moment, i will put it here when its workding again </font> ------------------ Matthew wheres all the C636's???? stickymonk.com Matts Photo gallery TrainBoard member #257
Hey there, thanks for the replies everyone. I saw where TRAINWORLD sold a PA1 Alco SSW in Daylight scheme, no. 300, plus I know that Stewart Hobbies did sell a FT A/B set in SSW--Black Widow scheme. I do use the Joe Strapac book as reference, plus it is also interesting to read straight thru.
Jai, You got a lot more responces here than the other place, right? Me too! ------------------ Watash #982
